Paladin

In the wastes, the sun is a double-edged sword: though it brings light, warmth, and nourishment to the little greenery there is in the desert, it also burns, blinds, and can destroy those who do not respect it. Paladins who take the Oath of the Sun understand the sun's dual nature, and strive to both bring its light to the darkest reaches of the world and to protect those who fall prey to the sun's rays out of happenstance or misfortune.

Unlike other paladins, most brothers who take the Oath of the Sun belong to a clergy of a sun god of some sort, be it Amaterasu, Apollo, Ra, or any other. They most often serve as templars, protecting their temples from raiders, bandits, and more supernatural threats. They are uniformly good, though their adherence to laws other than that of their faith is sometimes shaky.

At 7th level, you and all friendly creatures within 10 feet of you have resistance to fire and cold damage, and can tolerate temperatures as low as -50 degrees Fahrenheit and as high as 300 degrees Fahrenheit. Additionally, when you deal fire damage, you can choose to deal radiant damage instead, or vice versa.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

At 15th level, the damage die for your Improved Divine Smite becomes a d10.

At 20th level, as an action on your turn, you can fill yourself with the sun's brilliant wrath. You may cast the spell sunbeam without using a spell slot. Additionally, at the start of each of your turns during this spell's duration, you regain hit points equal to your Charisma modifier if you have no more than half your hit points left. Once you use this ability, you must take a long rest before you can do so again.

You have seen the truth. The great prophets of history are false, and their clerics have been deceived; the gods are not what we thought they were. Your great revelation was a crystallizing moment, fulfilled by your oath. You will spread the truth with your voice to whoever has ears to listen, and where that does not dispel the lies, your sword might dispense its own truth.

At 7th level, your iconoclasm disempowers the servants of the gods. You and all friendly creatures within 10 feet of you have advantage on saves against divine spells, those cast by clerics, paladins, druids, rangers, and other sources the DM deems appropriate.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

Beginning at 15th level, you not only steal divine power from the gods, you can leech it from mere mortals as well. Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can cause the attack to deal an extra 1d6 necrotic damage to the target and you regain hit points equal to the amount of necrotic damage dealt.

At 20th level, fully divorced from the will of the gods, you can assume a form empowered by the influence of your blasphemy, a minor apotheosis. You can transform into a figure composed of dark, whirling energy as an action, which lasts for 1 minute. While you are transformed, you gain the following effects:

Called the Holy Flames of Celestia, these paladins traditionally worship the Solar Alicorn as a goddess, and seek to bring her glory through their holy might. Celestia's most trusted guardsponies are usually Holy Flames.

At 7th level, when friendly creatures within 10 feet of you take fire, bludgeoning, slashing or piercing damage while you are conscious, reduce the damage taken by your Charisma modifier to a minimum of 1.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet, and it reduces radiant, thunder, cold and lightning damage as well. Friendly creatures can only benefit from one Aura of Friendship at a time.

At 15th level, when you deal fire or radiant damage with a spell, you can add your Charisma modifier to the damage total. In addition, for spells that deal fire damage, you can choose to deal radiant instead.

At 20th level, as long as you are in direct sunlight and conscious, you regenerate hit points equal to twice your Charisma modifier at the beginning of your turns. You can forgo the regeneration to gain advantage on an attack roll or ability check.

Seekers of the truth and judges of the faith, the inquisitors are paladins who vow to punish the guilty and upkeep the law set by their faith and tenets. These paladins focus on divination magic to lift the veils of deception and to find truths that lie behind them. Their loyalty to their church and beliefs is unquestionable, as is their dedication to any mission on which they are sent. Inquisitors and their methods might vary from religion to religion, but every one of them holds a zealous fervor in common, which drives them and empowers their abilities.

Starting at 7th level, you can focus your senses to detect deliberate lies. As an action, you can target one creature within 30 feet. The target creature must make a Charisma saving throw (DC equals 8 + your Proficiency Bonus + your Charisma modifier). On a failed save, you know if the target creature deliberately and knowingly speaks a lie. This ability does not reveal the truth. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Starting at 15th level, you are able to prevent your enemies from escaping. As an action, you can target one creature within 30 feet. The target creature must make a Charisma saving throw (DC equals 8 + your Proficiency Bonus + your Charisma modifier). On a failed save, the target creature becomes restrained by an invisible force and is prevented from using any form of teleportation, dimensional, or planar travel for one minute. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Starting at 20th level, you can imprison, interrogate, and punish those you find guilty. As an action, you can create a cage made out of energy similar to a forcecage spell. Any creature within the cage must make a Charisma saving throw (DC equals 8 + your Proficiency Bonus + your Charisma modifier). On a failed save, the creature is charmed. Creatures charmed this way must answer your questions truthfully until they are imprisoned this way. You can choose to release the target from the cage at any time, or target one of the creatures within the cage with an imprisonment or power word kill spell as if you have cast it requiring no material components. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Paladins who take an Oath of Inquisition make a solemn promise to uphold the law and defend the Church from its enemies. As Inquisitors, they root out heretics and those who blaspheme against their god, wherever they might hide, and do so by any means necessary. Unlike other paladins, they are above many of the tenants of their Church, answering to their god first, themselves second, and all others, including other clerics and paladins, third. Inquisitors often keep their ear to the ground, searching for new threats and chasing down old enemies, using deceit and violence when piety and righteousness is not enough.

Beginning at 7th level, your unfaltering determination spurs those around you. You and friendly creatures within 10 feet have advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws.

At 15 level, you can exploit a creature's weakness. As a bonus action, choose one creature you can see within 30 feet. Until the end of your turn, the creature is considered to have Vulnerability to your weapon damage. You must complete a short or long rest before using this ability again.

Beginning at 20th level, as an action you become a visage of true law to cast judgement upon your foes. To lawful creatures, you appear as an unshakable Justicar in shining armor. To chaotic creatures, you appear as a darkly cloaked creature of menace. To all others you appear as yourself, surrounded with an intimidating aura of might. For the next 1 minute, you gain the following effects:

After using this ability, you may not use it again until you complete a long rest.

For some, simply dedicating their souls to the gods is not enough. Pledging themselves fully they allow daemons to possess their bodies, becoming willing hosts to these immaterial creatures. To any who can see it, this appears as two souls occupying one body; as the daemon has its own defining personality, goals and voice in your character's head. In battle, this being comes to dominate your mind and body, hands turn into rending talons and jaws into slavering, fang-filled maws that are twisted beyond reason and reality.

At 7th level you gain resistance to non-magical bludgeoning, piercing and slashing damage when using your daemonic form channel divinity.

At 18th level any time a creature within 5 feet of you deals damage to you with a melee attack your acidic blood sprays on them, dealing 2d4 acid damage.

At 15th level you gain one improvement to the daemonic form channel divinity from the daemonic gifts list below.

Additionally when you finish a long rest, you may change one improvement for another from the table.

At 20th level you gain two more improvements to the daemonic form channel divinity from the daemonic gifts list above.

Most paladins are chiefly concerned with doing good. A rare few pursue darker paths. But those who take the Oath of Acquisitions don't fall into either camp. They have the power to help people...but why would they, if they aren't going to be adequately compensated? They're called heroes, demanded to throw themselves in harm's way, but when it comes time for hazard pay? They're told their service should be payment enough. But in a dragon- eat-dragon world, these heroes for hire need every tool at their disposal, be it sword or spell, to ensure that invoice gets paid on time.

These notorious charmers wield a strong portfolio of enchantment magic to move the needle on and off the battlefield. Be it a heated negotiation over the price of a potion or a pitched battle with a soon-to-be-overly-friendly giant, it's hard to deny these silver-tongued devils when they turn on the charm.

Perhaps you entered into an infernal contract forcing you to collect on debtors. Or that merchant you guarded a few years back made a lot of good points about knowing your worth. Maybe you just took the guidance from your god of traders a little too far. However you came to take this oath, you always aim to come out on top—and woe to those who break a contract with you.

Starting at 7th level, you emanate an aura that commands attention while you're not incapacitated. Creatures of your choice within 10 feet of you make attacks against creatures other than you with disadvantage.

When you reach 18th level in this class, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

Starting at 15th level, you can make new "friends" feel the sting of betrayal. Once per turn, when you hit a creature charmed by you or an ally within 30 feet of you with an attack, the creature has vulnerability to that attack's damage.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

At 20th level, you can manifest as an avatar of opulence and excess. Your skin and clothing take on a gold or platinum sheen, and coins spill from you as you walk, disappearing after they hit the ground.

During the transformation, you gain the following features for 1 hour:

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Every Paladin answers a call, but while some are driven by their oath to a particular god or pantheon, the Acroamata are initiated into the secrets and mysteries of the source of Knowledge and Magic. These arcane protectors ensure that magic is used safely and prudently; some of them seek out and correct those who are reckless with their power. Some are dedicated guardians at universities and mages' guilds, others are loyal bodyguards of travelling wizards. Some are seekers of ancient magical relics. Whatever their calling, all know the power of arcane magic and that such power is dangerous.

Beginning at 7th level, you can protect yourself and others from the deadly effects of uncontrolled magic. You and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you have resistance to damage from spells.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

Beginning at 15th level, your Channel Divinity options can be used to greater effect.

When you use your Spellbreaker against an enemy with a damage immunity, you may choose any one resistance or immunity to be suppressed.

When you use your Magic Resistance after failing a saving throw against a spell or magical effect, you succeed on the saving throw and are also immune to all effects of the spell.

At 20th level, you gain the ability to unleash incredible arcane power. As an action, you can empower yourself until the end of your turn and for a number of additional rounds equal to your spellcasting modifier. You gain the following benefits:

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

The Oath of Ancestors is a commitment to those who came before you to carry their legacies into the future. Dwarven paladins who take this oath do so to honor the founders of their clan while elven paladins channel their grief for those who passed on. When communities abandon long held traditions, paladins who've sworn this oath remind them of the examples their honorable ancestors left behind. Sometimes called spectral knights, tomb guardians, or sin-eaters, paladins who swear this oath commune with their ancestors and pursue their ancestors' ideals in the material realm

Starting at 7th level, you project an aura of finality. You know the current hit points of all creatures within 10 feet of you. Additionally, you and friendly creatures within this range have resistance to necrotic damage

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

At 15th level, when a creature within your Aura of Quietus is reduced to 0 hit points, you can use your reaction to usher its spirit into the next world. That creature cannot be raised as undead. Additionally, choose a creature within the aura and roll a d10. Add your Charisma modifier to the result, and the chosen creature regains that many hit points.

At 20th level you can spend your action to call your ancestors to manifest in your presence. When you do, the spirits of you and your allies' ancestors heed the call, appearing around you and joining you in battle. For the next minute you gain the following benefits:

Once you use this feature you can't use it again until you complete a long rest^'24.

The Oath of Arcana is as ancient as magic itself, though rare to hell found. The few paladins who swear this oath are sometimes referred to as Battlemages, Magic Knights, or Esotericists. These paladins believe that while magic is a powerful and helpful tool, it can also be used for dangerous reasons, and thus these warriors uphold the belief that a balance must be kept in order to maintain order. Some follow gods such as Mystra, while others train and study with wizards to better learn the ways of the arcane arts. Their armor is often adorned with arcane sigils and symbols, and some who adhere to this oath adopt the symbols of wizards.

Beginning at 7th level, magic flows so powerfully through you that it forms a unique aura around you. You and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you have advantage on saving throws against spells.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

At 15th level, you gain the ability to draw power from the Weave, replenishing your magical power. You regain either two 1st level spell slots or one 2nd level spell slot if you end your turn in combat with no spell slots remaining and you aren't incapacitated.

You can use this feature twice. You regain all expended uses of it when you finish a short or long rest.

At 20th level, you can assume the form of a magical being, taking on an appearance you choose. For example, your skin and eyes might emit ethereal streams of magic, or you might have small orbs of magical energy float harmlessly around you.

Using your action, you undergo a transformation. For 1 minute, you gain the following benefits:

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Paladins who vow the Oath of Ash seek to preserve the longevity of civilization, dedicating every resource at their disposal to securing future prosperity. Paladins sworn to this oath believe that progress is not automatic nor inevitable, but a journey where each step demands sacrifice, struggle, and suffering. To them, only those with unbreakable focus and determination can wield the brilliant torch of progress. These paladins achieve this by cauterizing the detrimental aspects of civilization with their calamitous power, purging it of its imperfections. The salvation they seek is the knowledge that their labors will help bring about a new dawn for civilization.

Starting at 7th level, you can use your action to emit a seismic aura that lasts for 1 minute or until you dismiss it using another action. You and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you gain tremorsense out to a range of 10 feet and a bonus to attack and damage rolls made with melee weapons equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of +1). At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet. Additionally, whenever an enemy within your aura deals damage to you, it takes fire damage equal to your Charisma modifier.

Starting at 15th level, you become an implacable force of nature, able to shatter the resolve and bodies of those who stand against you. When you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you can attempt to shatter their form. The creature must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it takes 2d10 bludgeoning damage, and its speed is reduced to 0 until the end of its next turn. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage and suffers no additional effects.

At 20th level, you have become a living embodiment of the earth's unyielding power. As an action, you can gain the following benefits for 1 hour:

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

The tenets of the Oath of Avarice are often sworn only to oneself, born of greed, desire, and greater goals.

Starting at 7th level, you are surrounded by a 10-foot aura of mutual benefit. Whenever you or a friendly creature gain temporary hit points while within the aura, all other friendly creatures within the aura (including you) gain an equal amount of temporary hit points that last for the same duration. This effect cannot cause a creature to gain more than twice your Charisma modifier in temporary hit points at once.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

Starting at 15th level, once per turn when you hit a creature with an unarmed strike, you can attempt to steal an object or weapon from the target. The target must succeed on a Strength saving throw against your paladin spell save DC or lose the chosen item. If you lack a free hand to steal the item, the attempt automatically fails.

At 20th level, you reveal your true desires to the world and call upon the debts that you are owed. You are empowered as the life force of dozens of debtors is drawn into you. For 1 minute, you gain the following benefits.

Once you use this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.

Paladins who swear the Oath of Beauty hold themselves to a lofty standard of excellence, strive to be gleaming beacons of beauty. Some use the power of their graceful visage to inspire the downtrodden. Others become obsessed with their elegant appearance, and use the power of their Oath to manipulate, deceive, and intimidate those they see as beneath them.

Your elegant visage bend others to your whims. Beginning at 7th level, you gain the following effects within 10 feet of you:

At 18th level these features effect creatures within 30 feet.

Your beauty has become terrible for your enemies to behold. Starting at 15th level, when you are hit by an attack, you can use your reaction to reveal your divine beauty and gain a bonus to your Armor Class equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of +1), until the the start of your next turn.

You can use this reaction a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (a minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

At 20th level, you can use an action on your turn to reveal the fullness of divine beauty that dwells within your mortal form. For the next minute, you gain the benefits listed below:

Once you use this feature, you must finish a long rest before you can use it again, unless you spend a spell slot of 5th-level or higher to use it an additional time.

Paladins who swear the Oath of Beauty hold themselves to a lofty standard of excellence, strive to be gleaming beacons of beauty. Some use the power of their graceful visage to inspire the downtrodden. Others become obsessed with their elegant appearance, and use the power of their Oath to manipulate, deceive, and intimidate those they see as beneath them.

Your elegant visage bend others to your whims. Beginning at 7th level, you gain the following effects within 10 feet of you:

At 18th level these features effect creatures within 30 feet.

Your beauty has become terrible for your enemies to behold. Starting at 15th level, when you are hit by an attack, you can use your reaction to reveal your divine beauty and gain a bonus to your Armor Class equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of +1), until the the start of your next turn.

You can use this reaction a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (a minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

At 20th level, you can use an action on your turn to reveal the fullness of divine beauty that dwells within your mortal form. For the next minute, you gain the benefits listed below:

Once you use this feature, you must finish a long rest before you can use it again, unless you spend a spell slot of 5th-level or higher to use it an additional time.

Every Paladin answers a call, but while some are driven by their oath to a particular god or pantheon, the Brotherhood are initiated into the secrets and mysteries of the source of Knowledge and Magic. These arcane protectors ensure that magic is used safely and prudently; some of them seek out and correct those who are reckless with their power. Some are dedicated guardians at universities and mages' guilds, others are loyal bodyguards of travelling wizards. Some are seekers of ancient magical relics. Whatever their calling, all know the power of arcane magic and that such power is dangerous.

By 7th level, your presence becomes a force of unyielding brotherhood. When a friendly creature other than you within 10 feet takes damage, you can use your reaction to magically reduce that damage by half. That creature can then use its reaction to move up to half its movement speed without provoking an attack of opportunity.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

Starting at level 15, you can use a bonus action to mark a friendly creature within 60 feet of you for up to 1 minute. Whenever that creature takes damage, the attacker takes psychic damage equal to your charisma modifier (minimum of 1) if you're not incapacitated and can see the hostile creature.

Only 1 creature can be under this effect at any time. You can use this ability an amount of times equal to your charisma modifier (minimum of 1). You regain expended uses when you finish a long rest.

At 20th level, you gain the ability to transform yourself into the embodiment of brotherhood. Using an action, you undergo a transformation. For 1 hour, you gain the following benefits:

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Seek Out and Burn Wickedness to Ash

Evil and wickedness are widespread and long-lived, but not infinite. Paladins who swear the Oath of Castigation root evil out to burn it away utterly, giving light to all that is innocent and good. Whether bound by the laws of mortals, their deity, or their own personal code, they relentlessly hunt down evil where it thrives. Paladins of this oath know evil cannot hide in any festering place once it burns.

The Wicked Nemeses table offers examples of malefactors, villains, and other evil beings that you have rooted out and purged in the past, or perhaps one you're still hunting. Facing these nemeses may have put you on the path of purging wickedness wherever it lurks.

You and your allies within your Aura of Protection ignore creatures' resistance to fire and radiant damage, and when an affected creature hits with a weapon attack, it can deal fire damage instead of the weapon's normal damage type.

In addition, you and affected creatures in the aura can add your Charisma modifier (minimum of +1) to Intelligence (Investigation) and Wisdom (Insight) checks.

Whenever a creature damages you or one of your allies within 30 feet of you that you can see, you can use your reaction to gain advantage on your next attack roll against the creature that dealt the damage. Additionally, whenever you deal fire or radiant damage to a creature with half its hit points or fewer, you become aware of any lies the creature has willingly and knowingly spoken to you in the past 24 hours.

As a bonus action, you embody cleansing flame and gain the benefits below for 10 minutes or until you end them (no action required). Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest. You can also restore your use of it by expending a 5th-level spell slot (no action required).

The Oath of Cinders is the previous version of the Oath of Fervor. I chose to reflavor and rename this paladin oath, as it didn't feel like a well-flavored oath that someone would take, and was more like a bundle of fire-themed mechanics.

The Oath of Cinders was first taken in an age long past, not long after the time man first harnessed the power of fire. The paladins that take this oath are sometimes called pyre knights, red knights, or ashen knights, as their oath grants them command over the element of fire. They are known for their limitless bravery and unwillingness to back down from a losing fight, as they attempt to keep the flame of hope alive no matter the circumstances. Many paladins that take this oath are revolutionaries, fighting against tyranny and protecting the oppressed.

Beginning at 7th level, you can choose to emit an aura of flames while you're not incapacitated. The aura extends 10 feet from you in every direction, but not through total cover. Friendly creatures within the aura gain resistance to fire damage.

Flames flit along the edge of this aura, punishing enemies that attempt to leave it. Whenever a hostile creature willingly leaves the aura, it takes fire damage equal to your paladin level.

You can activate and deactivate this aura as a bonus action.

Starting at 18th level, you can also use your bonus action to increase this aura's range to 30 feet, or reduce it back to 10 feet.

At 15th level, both of your Channel Divinity options are improved. When you use Branding Blade, the damage of the brand is increased to 1d12, and when you use From the Embers, the number of temporary hit points you gain each turn is increased by 5. Also, while either Channel Divinity is active your Lay on Hands feature gains a range of 30 feet.

At 20th level, you can take the form of an elemental knight of primordial fire. Using your action, you undergo a transformation. For 1 minute, you gain the following benefits:

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Paladins who swear this oath dedicate their lives to purify themselves, others, and places from malign influences. They are paragons of cleanliness, both in their dwellings, places of worship, private quarters, and persons. These paladins are often found engaged in rooting out malevolent forces, whether they be diseases or poisons. They are commonly found in places of healing, sometimes accompanying armies as medics, and rarely on personal quests to cleanse places or people from harm.

Starting at 7th level, you can exorcise evil spirits from others. As an action, you can end possession on a creature, forcing the possessing spirit out of the target with a touch. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (a minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Starting at 15th level, you can remove any negative condition from yourself or a willing creature you touch as an action. This ability also includes madness, petrification, and polymorph effects in addition to diseases and poisons, as well as being charmed, cursed, frightened. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (a minimum of once). You regain any expended uses when you finish a long rest.

At 20th level, your faith gives you and your allies immunity to all negative influences that you can cleanse in your surroundings. As an action, you can remove all effects listed under your Purify ability from yourself and friendly creatures within 30 feet of you.

Paladins swearing the oath of compassion believe that every foe can be made into a friend and that all friends are worth fighting for. Although this philosophy might seem at odds with their martial training, these paladins are not hopeless idealists. When the vulnerable are threatened, they act as a shield first and a sword second. If they can't parley an enemy out of violence, they'll seek to minimize and repair any damage caused by all involved parties.

Starting at 7th level, you and friendly creatures within 10 feet are immune to being poisoned and automatically stabilize when at 0 hit points while you are conscious.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

By 15th level, your healing abilities have become incredibly potent. When you would roll one or more dice to restore hit points to a creature with a spell, you can choose to instead use the highest number possible for a number of those dice up to your Charisma modifier (minimum 1).

At 20th level, the number of hit points in your Lay on Hands pool increases to your paladin level x 10.

In addition, you have a special reaction, in addition to your normal reaction, that you can use to shield your allies from harm. When a creature you can see or hear takes damage, you can use your special reaction and spend any number of hit points from your Lay on Hands pool to reduce the damage taken by the same amount. Once you use this special reaction, you can't use it again until the start of your next turn.

Oaths of loyalty sworn in the name of divine authority bind the promisor by honor and contract to the whims of another. Through such oaths, these charismatic figures amass followers by the dozens to form sects independent of any authority beyond their own, with followers fanatically devoted to their leader.

Paladins of the Oath of Conformity often rule such cults of personality. Their holy presence, fanatical zeal, or hypnotic charisma can transform even the most ardent skeptics into zealous believers. Worshipped by an entourage of fanatics, these paladins find themselves at the center of cults and revolutions that acknowledge no authority but their leader's.

The tenets of the Oath of Conformity call a paladin spread their message to the masses, and invite every potential initiate to experience the blessing of their presence.

You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed in the Oath of Conformity spells table. See the Sacred Oath class feature for how oath spells work.

Many of your oath features require members of your Collective. When a creature swears an oath of loyalty to you, you bring it into your Collective and bind it to your will.

A creature in your collective is not charmed and it remains free to act as it sees fit. However, it regards you as a mighty being whose beliefs are of great importance. It also has disadvantage on attack rolls against you, and on Wisdom checks and saving throws made to oppose you. You have advantage on all Charisma checks against it.

It is difficult, but not impossible, to break free of your Collective. When a creature that wishes to leave your Collective finishes a long rest, it can make a Charisma saving throw against your paladin spell save DC. If it succeeds on three consecutive saving throws, it breaks free of your Collective. You do not know if and when a creature makes saving throws or breaks free of your will.

For the purposes of your subclass features, creatures that are friendly to you or charmed by you are also considered members of your Collective.

When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following two Channel Divinity options.

Starting at 7th level, you inspire others to new and greater heights. If you aren't incapacitated, you and other creatures of your choice can add your Charisma modifier to ability checks while within 10 feet of you, and you can all communicate telepathically even if you don't share a language.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

Beginning at 15th level, so long you have at least two members of your Collective within your Aura of Unity, you gain the following benefits:

At 20th level, you gain the ability to become one with your Collective. As an action, you can magically disperse yourself amongst a number of creatures equal to your Charisma modifier that belong to your Collective and are on the same plane of existence as you are. Each creature gains 100 temporary hit points.

For the next minute, until all of the chosen creatures lose temporary hit points, or you choose to end the transformation as an action, your capabilities change:

Any creature with these temporary hit points emanates your Auras of Unity, Courage, and Protection, gaining its benefits and granting them to all other members of the Collective within 30 feet of it. You are within all of these auras.

When the transformation ends, you reappear in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of any of the creatures you chose, whether or not it retains any of the temporary hit points you granted it.

The Oath of Conquest calls to paladins who seek glory in battle and the subjugation of their enemies. It isn't enough for these paladins to establish order. They must crush the forces of chaos. Sometimes called knight tyrants or iron mongers, those who swear this oath gather into grim orders that serve gods or philosophies of war and well-ordered might.

Some of these paladins go so far as to consort with the powers of the Nine Hells, valuing the rule of law over the balm of mercy. The archdevil Bel, warlord of Avernus, counts many of these paladins—called hell knights—as his most ardent supporters. Hell knights cover their armor with trophies taken from fallen enemies, a grim warning to any who dare oppose them and the decrees of their lords. These knights are often most fiercely resisted by other paladins of this oath, who believe that the hell knights have wandered too far into darkness.

Starting at 7th level, you constantly emanate a menacing aura while you're not incapacitated. The aura extends 10 feet from you in every direction, but not through total cover.

If a creature is frightened of you, its speed is reduced to 0 while in the aura, and that creature takes psychic damage equal to half your paladin level if it starts its turn there.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

Starting at 15th level, those who dare to strike you are psychically punished for their audacity. Whenever a creature hits you with an attack, that creature takes psychic damage equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1) if you're not incapacitated.

At 20th level, you gain the ability to harness extraordinary martial prowess. As an action, you can magically become an avatar of conquest, gaining the following benefits for 1 minute:

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

The Oath of Devotion binds a paladin to the loftiest ideals of justice, virtue, and order. Sometimes called cavaliers, white knights, or holy warriors, these paladins meet the ideal of the knight in shining armor, acting with honor in pursuit of justice and the greater good. They hold themselves to the highest standards of conduct, and some, for better or worse, hold the rest of the world to the same standards. Many who swear this oath are devoted to gods of law and good and use their gods' tenets as the measure of their devotion. They hold angels—the perfect servants of good—as their ideals, and incorporate images of angelic wings into their helmets or coats of arms.

Starting at 7th level, you and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you can't be charmed while you are conscious.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

Beginning at 15th level, you are always under the effects of a protection from evil and good spell.

At 20th level, as an action, you can emanate an aura of sunlight. For 1 minute, bright light shines from you in a 30-foot radius, and dim light shines 30 feet beyond that.

Whenever an enemy creature starts its turn in the bright light, the creature takes 10 radiant damage.

In addition, for the duration, you have advantage on saving throws against spells cast by fiends or undead.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Dragons are some of the most powerful creatures in the multiverse, and there are those who seek to emulate their majesty in all that they do. Whether they wish to use and exercise a dragon's power, help it extend its influence and change the world, or simply fell in love with the mighty creature and its ideals, they all agree that dragonkind has its role to play in the great battles of this world. Those who follow this ideal have made an oath with an ancient or older dragon, which has become their sovereign. Followers of this oath may also choose Bahamut (god of metallic dragons) or Tiamat (god of chromatic dragons) as their Sovereign.

Chromatic Draconic Oath only

Beginning at 7th level, you imbue your own weapons and those of your allies with the elemental fury of your dragon sovereign. When you or a friendly creature within 10 feet of you hits a creature with a weapon attack, it will deal extra damage equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1) of the type associated with your Draconic Oath. A creature can only deal this extra damage once per turn.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

Metallic Draconic Oath only

Beginning at 7th level, your devotion grants you and those around you the divine protection of your dragon sovereign. You and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you reduce all bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage taken by an amount equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1). Creatures reduce damage this way before resistances have been calculated.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

At 15th level, you gain the ability to sprout a pair of spectral dragon wings from your back, gaining a flying speed equal to your walking speed. You can create these wings as a bonus action on your turn. They last until you dismiss them as a bonus action on your turn.

While these wings are active, all other friendly creatures who are within 5 feet of you gain half cover.

At 20th level, you can use your action to temporarily ascend to the ideal of dragonkind, sharing its majesty with those around you. You gain the following benefits for 1 minute:

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Dragons are some of the most powerful creatures in the multiverse, and there are those who seek to emulate their majesty in all that they do. Whether they wish to use and exercise a dragon's power, help it extend its influence and change the world, or simply fell in love with the mighty creature and its ideals, they all agree that dragonkind has its role to play in the great battles of this world. Those who follow this ideal have made an oath with an ancient or older dragon, which has become their sovereign. Followers of this oath may also choose Bahamut (god of metallic dragons), Tiamat (god of chromatic dragons), or a different dragon god as their Sovereign.

Chromatic Draconic Oath only

Beginning at 7th level, you imbue your own weapons and those of your allies with the elemental fury of your dragon sovereign. When you or a friendly creature within 10 feet of you hits a creature with a weapon attack, it will deal extra damage equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1) of the type associated with your Draconic Oath. A creature can only deal this extra damage once per turn.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

Metallic Draconic Oath only

Beginning at 7th level, your devotion grants you and those around you the divine protection of your dragon sovereign. You and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you reduce all bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage taken by an amount equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1). Creatures reduce damage this way before resistances have been calculated.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

At 15th level, you gain the ability to sprout a pair of spectral dragon wings from your back, granting you a flying speed equal to your walking speed. You can create these wings as a bonus action on your turn. They last until you dismiss them as a bonus action on your turn.

While these wings are active, all other friendly creatures who are within 5 feet of you gain half cover.

Chromatic Draconic Oath only

Beginning at 18th level, you imbue your own weapons and those of your allies with the elemental fury of your dragon sovereign. When you or a friendly creature within 30 feet of you hits a creature with a weapon attack, it will deal extra damage equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1) of the type associated with your Draconic Oath. A creature can only deal this extra damage once per turn.

Metallic Draconic Oath only

Beginning at 18th level, your devotion grants you and those around you the divine protection of your dragon sovereign. You and friendly creatures within 30 feet of you reduce all bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage taken by an amount equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1). Creatures reduce damage this way before resistances have been calculated.

At 20th level, you can use your action to temporarily ascend to the ideal of dragonkind, sharing its majesty with those around you. You gain the following benefits for 1 minute:

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

The Oath of Dragons aligns the mind and body of the paladin with one of the most powerful creatures in existence. Many of these paladins may have draconic ancestry themselves, or aspire to become closer to these idealised creatures. Whilst they may vary wildly in terms of their individual personalities, they have a strict approach to the gaining and use of power, as for them it is power and might that defines the great dragon.

To take up the Oath of Dragons is to aspire to be greater than you are, to harness the wants and desires in your own heart and turn them towards something magnificent, be it a bright future or a tenebrous power.

An Oath of Dragons paladin might be a heroic guardian in the spirit of the noble silver dragons, or a brutal tyrant modelled after the despotic red dragons. By aligning themselves with dragons, the paladin gradually gains, or awakens, draconic features themselves.

Starting at 7th level, you gain resistance to the damage type determined by your emulated dragon type. At 18th level, all friendly creatures of your choice within 30 feet also gain this resistance while you are not incapacitated.

In addition, whenever you deal damage of the type determined by your emulated dragon type, you may add your Charisma modifier to the damage total.

Starting at 15th level, you grow a pair of wings that give you a flying speed of 30 feet. Your unarmed attacks also deal 1d6 + your strength modifier, and count as magical for the purposes of overcoming resistance.

At 20th level, you become so in-tune with your emulated dragon type that you begin the final process of becoming a true dragon. You gain the following benefits:

In addition, your lifespan extends to one-thousand years, unless it was longer.

The Oath of Dynamism is an ideology of rapid, constant change. Those who swear to the Oath of Dynamism find their divine magic manifesting as light, lightning, and magnetism. Some are warriors of the storm, channeling the raw electric power of a god of lightning into their weapons and armor. Others are pragmatic, modern sentinels of a coming future, ensuring that the march of progress isn't interrupted by those ignorantly afraid of a changing world. Most paladins who swear to this oath are chaotic in alignment, with a strong tendency toward neutrality and self-determination.

At 7th level, you gain an aura like a static field around you and your allies. While you are conscious, you and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you have resistance to lightning damage.

In addition, whenever an affected creature hits with a weapon attack, you can cause the attack to deal bonus lightning damage equal to your paladin level divided by 3, rounded down. Once you have done this, you can't do so again until the start of your next turn.

At 18th level the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

Starting at 15th level, when you cast a spell that deals lightning damage or thunder damage, you can add your Charisma modifier to one damage roll of that spell.

In addition, whenever you expend a spell slot to use your Divine Smite, you are charged with electricity and deal 2d8 lightning damage to each creature grappling you. The next time you hit with a weapon attack before the end of your next turn, the attack deals bonus lightning damage equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum +1).

When you reach 20th level, you can magically surround yourself in a barrier of magnetic force as an action. For 1 minute, you have a magnetic field that extends 30 feet out from you, granting you the following benefits:

Once you have used this ability, you cannot use it again until you finish a long rest.

The Oath of Enlightenment is taken by paladins who seek for learning and growth and to share such knowledge and experience with others. As often as others call them teacher or mentor, they call themselves student and pupil.

These paladins spend much of their time trying to build up others, but they are also dedicated to bettering themselves. As they understand other people, they begin to comprehend their own place in the cosmos on a level rivaled by few. The greatest reach a transcendence that allows them to ignore limitations of the planes, levitating and teleporting as they wish.

Paladins of this oath seek learning as a means to improve their connection to and understanding of their god and the domains of their god's portfolio. Some carry sketch pads and notebooks to record their learnings, while others might bring mats or wear caps to help them focus as they meditate and ponder on recent discoveries.

Whenever you or a friendly creature within 10 feet of you makes an Intelligence check, the creature gains a bonus to the roll equal to your Charisma modifier (with a minimum bonus of +1). You must be conscious to grant this bonus.

Additionally, when an ally within 10 feet of you hits a creature with a weapon attack, you can use your reaction to expend a spell slot and cause the attack to deal radiant damage to the target, in addition to the weapon's damage. The damage is 2d8 for a 1st-level spell slot, plus 1d8 for each spell level higher than 1st, to a maximum of 5d8. The damage increases by 1d8 if the target is an undead or a fiend, to a maximum of 6d8.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

You are always under the effects of a see invisibility spell, and you have resistance to psychic damage.

You can use your action to assume the form of an enlightened, transcendent being. For 1 minute, you have advantage on all ability checks and saving throws, and you can use a bonus action on each of your turns to teleport to an unoccupied space you can see within 30 feet of you. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Paladins who swear the Oath of Eternal Night forgo the lofty standards of conduct and shining armor of their compatriots: instead, they don blackened armor and carry out assassinations, conduct subterfuge, and mete out vigilante justice under cover of night. Such paladins, often called ravens, bind themselves to higher ideals of justice, transcending law and allegiances, so that they can right the wrongs that go unpunished. Every foul action has its consequence, and when no others rise to the challenge, the blade of a raven is not far behind.

At 7th level, you and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you can take the Hide action as a bonus action.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

At 15th level, as a reaction when you take damage, you can shed small flakes of darkness which briefly whirl around you before disappearing. The next attack roll made against you before the start of your next turn has disadvantage.

At 20th level, you can assume the form of a tenebrous stalker, drawing incredible power from the darkness around you. Using your action, you undergo a transformation. For 1 hour, you gain the following benefits while you are within dim light or darkness:

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

The mysteries of of the mind are locked behind a thousand nested doors: but the keys to open all of them lie within reach of anyone looking inward with an open eye. Monks who walk this path to enlightenment must take two steps inward for each one they outwardly take on their pilgrimage, for the journey through the mind is longer than any travel on foot.

By releasing the power of their thoughts from behind the many locks we build for ourselves, masters of this mysticism gain a sixth sense for the energies of the world, and can even push their thoughts through this flow to move objects, connect their minds to others, or fight. The will of a monk of the Opened Eye strikes as rapidly as their feet or fists. They stand stoic and serene while the violently ignorant are tumbled around them, overwhelmed by the force of a mind that looks upon itself without fear.

Your conviction manifests as an aura that cuts you off from contact. Creatures of your choice that end their turn within 10 feet of you must succeed on a Strength saving throw against your paladin spell save DC or be pushed back to the edge of the aura.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 15 feet.

Even when the path has wounded you to walk upon, you have kept to your word. You now have advantage on saving throws against effects that attempt to compel you to act against your will, such as the confusion spell and similar magic. When a creature targets you with such an effect and you succeed on the save, you become immune to similar effects until the end of your next turn, and you can use your reaction to move up to your speed directly towards or away from the creature that forced the save.

The path of your life is now your own to make. By embracing this fact, you gain the following benefits:

The Oath of Fervor calls to paladins that are driven by fiery ideals from which they would never back down. Sometimes called red knights, phoenix knights, or simply zealots, these paladins hold no one set of goals—their oath dictates the way that they strive towards their goals, rather prescribing what those goals should be. As such, the paladins of this oath may be of any alignment, and could hold many opposing ideals. Their consistency is in their impulsiveness, which hurts them as often as it helps.

Starting at 7th level, you emanate an aura that helps others return from the brink of death. Friendly creatures within 10 feet of you gain advantage on death saving throws while you are conscious.

Additionally, corpses and other remains within 10 feet of you are protected from decay and can't become undead while you are conscious. This also effectively extends the time limit on raising creatures from the dead, since time spent within the aura doesn't count against the time limit of spells such as raise dead.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

At 15th level, the fiery spirit within you refuses to go out. You gain resistance to fire damage, advantage on death saving throws, and any spell that has the sole effect of restoring you to life (but not undeath) doesn't need material components to be cast on you.

Starting at 20th level, you can use your action to invigorate yourself, granting you the following benefits for 1 minute:

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Paladins that swear the Oath of Free Commerce. also known as Thiefcatchers or Day Traders, keep safe the exchange of wealth and the hope of free trade by any means necessary. Often seen in glorious regalia and long, flowing silken capes defending the marketplaces. taverns, caravans and interests of trade hubs and port towns, these paladins are friends of honest merchants and common wage—laborers alike.

At 7th level, when an enemy moves within 10 feet of you, you may use a reaction to grapple them with an invisible hand of force at any point during the move. The enemy makes a Charisma saving throw against your spell save DC, and are unable to use any movement speeds they possess until the beginning of their next turn, if they fail. A creature that fails this save may also be pulled up to 10 feet towards you, if you choose.

At 18th level, the range of this ability increases to 30 feet, but the distance of its pull remains the same.

In addition, you gain knowledge of the mage hand cantrip. If you already know this cantrip, you can instead gain another cantrip out of message, prestidigitation, or thaumaturgy. When you cast mage hand, you may choose to make the spectral hand invisible.

Once you reach 15th level. when you are hit by an attack and receive damage, you may use a reaction to take half the triggering damage and cause the attacking creature to take the same amount of damage. Once you use this ability, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

At 20th level you can, as an action, gain perfect insight into the motivation and potential rational actions of all economic and physical players in your immediate situation. Your eyes begin to glow slightly with a dim light and the rustling of your armor sounds strangely like the clinking of coins, but otherwise you are not perceptibly changed.

For 1 minute, you gain the following benefits:

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Paladins who take the Oath of Glory believe they and their companions are destined to achieve glory through deeds of heroism. They train diligently and encourage their companions so they're all ready when destiny calls.

7th-level Oath of Glory feature

You emanate an aura that fills you and your companions with supernatural speed, allowing you to race across a battlefield in formation. Your walking speed increases by 10 feet. In addition, if you aren't incapacitated, the walking speed of any ally who starts their turn within 5 feet of you increases by 10 feet until the end of that turn.

When you reach 18th level in this class, the range of the aura increases to 10 feet.

15th-level Oath of Glory feature

You can turn defense into a sudden strike. When you or another creature you can see within 10 feet of you is hit by an attack roll, you can use your reaction to grant a bonus to the target's AC against that attack, potentially causing it to miss. The bonus equals your Charisma modifier (minimum of +1). If the attack misses, you can make one weapon attack against the attacker as part of this reaction, provided the attacker is within your weapon's range.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

20th-level Oath of Glory feature

You can empower yourself with the legends—whether true or exaggerated—of your great deeds. As a bonus action, you gain the following benefits for 1 minute:

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest, unless you expend a 5th-level spell slot to use it again.

The Oath of Grief shuns false hope and seeks to remind the world of the hollow joke of its existence, its purposelessness, its futility, and its tragic horror. Life may seem good at times, but the only constant is that it will get worse. Comforting lies like love or a greater meaning to one's life which hide the true horror and madness of the world only teach people to swim against the vicious tide of life and drown. Only by accepting the cruel hand we are given can those of the Oath of Grief find the path to what meager existence can be tolerated.

Starting at 7th leveL you and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you can't be surprised and have advantage on initiative rolls and ability checks made to sense hidden creatures while you are conscious.

At 18th leveL the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

Starting at 15th leveL creatures of your choice within 5 feet of you that are prone have disadvantage on all Wisdom and Charisma saving throws and must make a Wisdom saving throw before attempting to stand up. On a failed saving throw, a creature cannot stand up that turn.

At 20th level you gain the ability to channel the powers of grief into your very body. As an action, you can transform into an avatar of hopelessness and dread For 1 minute, you have advantage on Charisma (Intimidation) checks, and whenever an enemy begins its turn within 100 feet of you it becomes frightened of you if it can see you.

Upon being frightened, a creature must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, it cannot take actions until the start of its next turn. Each creature remains frightened of you until it deals you damage, it makes you roll a saving throw that you faiL or the transformation ends. A creature can only be frightened in this way once per transformation.

Heretics come in all forms, but those who swear an Oath of Heresy have borne witness to a great revelation: the prophets of history are false and their clerics have been misled, for the gods have deceived the entire world. Heretics vow to spread their truth to whoever will listen, rebuffing holy men and inquisitors that lack the sense to share in their revolution. Naturally, heretics end their crusades in one of two ways: canonized for revolutionizing the faith, or burned at the stake for their transgressions.

Heretics might embrace any fundamental truth that goes unrecognized. Many believe the gods are fundamentally false—a trick wrought by celestials or high priests—while others simply profess the nonnecessity of deities to gain entry to an afterlife. Others attack fundamental pillars of faith that are erected on prejudicial beliefs, such as priestly orders that disallow people of different races or genders to their own. No matter what truth they embrace, these paladins are empowered by their belief and their oaths (as all paladins are), and so can crusade in active rebellion against the gods.

Beginning at 7th level, your aura divorces the area around you from divine powers. When a creature other than yourself within 10 feet of you regains hit points, you can choose for that healing to fail and have no effect. Furthermore, you can use your reaction to cast counterspell, without using a spell slot or spell components, to interrupt any spellcaster using Wisdom as their spellcasting ability score to cast a spell of 1st level or higher within 10 feet of you.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

By 15th level, you can reroll with advantage a saving throw that you fail. If you do so, you must use the new roll, and you can't use this feature again until you finish a long rest.

At 20th level, fully divorced from the will of the gods, you can use your action to assume a form empowered by the influence of your blasphemy, an anti-apotheosis. You gain the following benefits for 1 minute:

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

You have seen the truth. The great prophets of history are false, and their clerics have been deceived; the gods are not what we thought they were. Your great revelation was a crystallizing moment, fulfilled by your oath. You will spread the truth with your voice to whoever has ears to listen, and where that does not dispel the lies, your sword might dispense its own truth.

At 7th level, your iconoclasm disempowers the servants of the gods. You and all friendly creatures within 10 feet of you have advantage on saving throws against divine spells, those cast by clerics, paladins, druids, rangers, and other sources the GM deems appropriate.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

Beginning at 15th level, you not only steal divine power from the gods, you can leech it from mere mortals as well. Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can cause the attack to deal an extra 1d6 necrotic damage to the target and you regain hit points equal to the amount of necrotic damage dealt.

At 20th level, fully divorced from the will of the gods, you can assume a form empowered by the influence of your blasphemy, a minor apotheosis. You can transform into a figure composed of dark, whirling energy as an action, which lasts for 1 minute. While you are transformed, you gain the following effects:

Those who swear an oath of hexes are sworn to witch covens, fey creatures, and occult deities of magic, fate, and death. In exchange, this sacred oath empowers paladins with fickle magic to curse those who would try to tempt fate or escape the ire of the Old Gods.

You emit an eldritch aura out to a range of 10 feet. When an enemy hits you or a creature within 10 feet of you with an attack, you can use your reaction to force that enemy to make a Charisma saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, you can magically redirect the attack to another creature of your choice within 10 feet of you and within range of the attack. The new target is hit by the attack and suffers all damage and effects.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

Whenever a creature scores a critical hit against you, the next time you hit that creature with an attack, that attack automatically becomes a critical hit.

A creature afflicted by your Curse of Hexes or Curse of Torment becomes vulnerable to all damage.

To take the Oath of Hope is to be a pillar of strength for others to draw on. As a divine servant of good you replace despair with hope.

Starting at 7th level, creatures you choose within 10 feet of you gain the following benefit: When a creature within your aura (including yourself) misses with an attack roll or fails a saving throw you can use your reaction to roll again, possibly changing the result.

The range of this aura increases to 30 feet at 18th level.

Starting at 15th level, when a creature within your Aura of Excellence is reduced to 0 hit points and not killed outright, you can choose to have them drop to 1 hit point instead. Once you use this ability on a creature, you can't use it again on that creature until you finish a long rest.

Starting at 20th level you can use your action to undergo a transformation that lasts for 1 minute and grants the following benefits:

Paladins who swear the Oath of Inquisition pledge themselves to the security and law of their church with undying zeal. Some are masters of debate and education who return heretics to the flock peacefully, but most are summoned when the time for mercy has long since passed and decimation is the only option.

Most Inquisitors root out corruption within the church rather than battle its external foes. Divine law is infallible, but the church can be as corrupt as any mortal organization. These paladins crush clerical hypocrisy and decimate the irredeemable. Their magic forces their targets to submit to their ultimate authority, demanding humiliating disavowal before a bloody execution.

The tenets of the Oath of Inquisition are as ironclad and inflexible as its paladins' faith.

You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed in the Oath of Inquisition spells table. See the Sacred Oath class feature for how oath spells work.

When you swear this oath at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in Religion and your choice of Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, Persuasion, or torturer's implements. If you are already proficient in Religion, choose one other skill and gain proficiency in it.

Regardless of your choice, your proficiency bonus is doubled for any check you make that uses the Religion skill.

When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following two Channel Divinity options.

Starting at 7th level, your uncompromising presence intimidates others into submission while you aren't incapacitated. Hostile creatures within 10 feet of you have disadvantage on ability checks and saving throws to avoid being exhausted, grappled, knocked prone, restrained, or moved between planes.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

Starting at 15th level, so long as you are moving straight toward a hostile creature, you ignore movement penalties caused by difficult terrain and areas of effect, and have a climbing and swimming speed equal to your walking speed. You also resist all damage from terrain, hazards, and other areas of effect that you move through.

At 20th level, you become the ultimate authority on your faith. You can use an action to emanate an aura of incomparable divine authority, which grants you the following benefits for 1 minute:

Once you use this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.

Truth. All dedicated paladins who become Inquisitors have the same goal: reveal what is hidden, and purge the planes of those who obscure the truth. Those who swear this Oath will stop at nothing to accomplish their goals, and no matter how ruthless their actions, they believe they are justified.

Above all else they despise creatures that hide their true intentions or forms. Fiend, celestial, or fey; it matters not to the Inquisitor paladin. Any creature, no matter its goals, that uses its power to deceive mortals, has forfeited their life.

Beginning at 7th level, you do not tolerate those who would stand in the way of your quest for truth. Once per turn, when you hit a Large or smaller creature with a melee attack, you can force them to make a Strength saving throw. On a failure, they are knocked prone, in addition to the normal damage.

At 18th level, this ability can also effect Huge creatures.

You have honed your mind to resist any effects that would restrict your agency or obscure the truth for you. Starting at 15th level, you are immune to the charmed condition.

Upon reaching 20th level, you can use your action to become a divine embodiment of absolute Truth and Law. When you do so, you gain the benefits listed below for one minute:

Once you use this feature, you must finish a long rest before you can use it again, unless you spend a spell slot of 5th-level or higher to use it an additional time.

Paladins who take the Oath of Inquisition are commonly called Inquisitors. An Inquisitor has devoted his life to finding and eliminating practitioners of evil magic. A scholar as well as a warrior, the Inquisitor is unyielding in their efforts to thwart the clerics and wizards who have aligned with the forces of darkness.

Starting at 7th level, you emanate an aura that quells magic while you're not incapacitated. The aura extends 15 feet from you in every direction. Whenever any enemy within the aura makes a Constitution saving throw to maintain concentration, it has disadvantage on that save. In addition, whenever any ally within the aura makes a save to avoid becoming charmed, frightened, paralyzed, or stunned by a magical effect, it has advantage on that save. At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

Starting at 15th level, you gain the ability to cast the forbiddance spell using this feature, but only as a ritual, and you cannot make it permanent. Once you cast it in this way, you cannot do so again until you finish a long rest.

At 20th level, you become an embodiment of divine justice, a grand inquisitor. As an action, you can surround yourself with a radiant glow gaining the following benefits for 1 minute.

Once you use this feature you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Truth. All dedicated paladins who become Inquisitors have the same goal: reveal what is hidden, and purge the planes of those who obscure the truth. Those who swear this Oath will stop at nothing to accomplish their goals, and no matter how ruthless their actions, they believe they are justified.

Above all else they despise creatures that hide their true intentions or forms. Fiend, celestial, or fey; it matters not to the Inquisitor paladin. Any creature, no matter its goals, that uses its power to deceive mortals, has forfeited their life.

Beginning at 7th level, you do not tolerate those who would stand in the way of your quest for truth. Once per turn, when you hit a Large or smaller creature with a melee attack, you can force them to make a Strength saving throw. On a failure, they are knocked prone, in addition to the normal damage.

At 18th level, this ability can also effect Huge creatures.

You have honed your mind to resist any effects that would restrict your agency or obscure the truth for you. Starting at 15th level, you are immune to the charmed condition.

Upon reaching 20th level, you can use your action to become a divine embodiment of absolute Truth and Law. When you do so, you gain the benefits listed below for one minute:

The Oath of Judgment is taken by paladins who emulate the kings of old, tempering wrath with law and strength with wisdom. From their throne they wield the powers of judge, jury, and executioner, smiting those they deem their foes. Storm and lightning represent the sudden, irrevocable, and inescapable nature of their judgment.

Beginning at 7th level, your commanding presence saps the will from your foes. Enemies who begin their turn within 10 feet of you lose an amount of movement equal to half their speed until the end of their turn.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

Starting at 15th level, when you are damaged by a melee attack, the attacker must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw against your paladin spell save DC or take lightning damage equal to half your paladin level.

At 20th level you can use an action to channel your wrath for 1 minute, gaining the following benefits:

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

You have sworn to balance the cosmic scales of the universe, following in the footsteps of the Warrior-Saint, an immortal justiciar who fights to maintain order and balance between the infinite planes. Those who take this oath are forever bound to fight and slay creatures that go against the order of the cosmos, such as fiends that would seek to destroy the heavens, or angels that hunger to purify the hells. Otherworldly entities such as the ever-conflicting Alrisen often attract the attentions of these justiciars, who work to support the losing side so that the world will not be destroyed by their conflict, and so all mortal individuals will retain the right to choose instead of being forced to obey the unconscious desires of greater beings. If a conflict arises that cannot be contained by words alone, it is your task to decide the outcome. You are the judge and the executioner, and the world is your courtroom. All shall rise in your honor, and all shall fall by your hand.

Beginning at 7th level, the powers of the servants of otherworldly entities wither before your impartial gaze. Spell attacks targeting allied creatures within 10 feet of you are made with disadvantage.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

Starting at 15th level, whenever you hit a creature with a melee attack and activate your Divine Smite feature, you can choose to push the creature up to 15 feet directly away from you.

At 20th level, you finally understand that the Warrior-Saint was once a mortal paladin like you who had taken the same oath you did. As an action, you can channel its power, causing the Saint's ethereal hands to manifest from your back. For one minute, you gain the following benefits:

The Oath of Justice is a commitment not to the tenets of good or evil but a holy vow sworn to uphold the laws of a nation, a city, or even a tiny village. When lawlessness threatens the peace, those who swear to uphold the Oath of Justice intervene to maintain order, for if order falls to lawlessness, it is only a matter of time before all of civilization collapses into anarchy.

While many young paladins take this oath to protect their country and the people close to them from criminals, some older adherents to this oath know that what is just is not necessarily what is right.